Combination-fixture for lace and roller curtains.



Paianted Apr. 9, l90l.

No. s7|,459.

J. TAMBOER. COMBINATION FIXTURE FOR LACE AND ROLLER CURTAINS.

(Application filed June 2a, 1900.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

JOHN TAMBOER, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF NINE-TVVEN- TIETI-IS TO CORNELIUS L. TAMBOER, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINATION-FIXTURE FOR LACE AND ROLLER CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 671,459, dated April 9, 1901.

Application filed June 26, 1900. Serial No. 21,622. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN TAMBOER, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. 86 Kean street, in the city of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and Stateof New Jersey, have invented cerlain new and useful Improvements in Oombination-Fixtu res for Lace and Roller Curtains, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a combination-bracket for lace and roller curtains which will be adjustable in parts in order to be fitted for hanging curtains of different sizes, and thus obviate the destruction to moldings and window-casings which is caused by the frequent changing of curtain-brackets, and which from the novelty, simplicity, and

durability of construction and ease of operation will greatly facilitate the adjustment and removal of both lace curtains and roller-curtains.

The invention consists of a bar of suitable size and shape to fit a bay or the ordinary window and sliding brackets adapted to slide on said bar or bars and means for securing the said brackets adjustably at the, point on said bar or bars as required by the length of the spring-roller or curtain-pole.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figurel is a perspective view of my combination sliding brackets, showing spring-roller and curtain-pole mounted, parts of the roller and pole being broken away; and Fig. 2 is a top view of the same,

In the drawings, A and A are the bars, on which the brackets B and B and C and O are adapted to slide. The brackets B and B are formed with seats I) and I), respectively, in which the curtain pole rests. When the brackets are adjusted to suit the length of the spring-roller and the curtain-pole, they are securely held in place by the thumb-screws d on the bars A and A at the point desired.

G represents the spring-roller, and H the curtain-pole.

The brackets B B C 0 when not secured to the bars A A by the screws d d d (1 may be moved along said bars from the uprights a or a to the stop-screws c e. I wish to claim as broadly as possible the sliding brackets on said bars, to which they may be adjustably secured by said thumb-screws, and do not wish to limit myself to a bracket provided with an opening to admit said bars or to a bracket having a band or clip secured thereto and adapted to surround and slide on said bars, as either will answer the purpose and come within the scope of what I claim as my invention. In either case the bracket may be moved along and be secured to said bars by the adjusting-screws cl d d d and is prevented from coming oif said bars by the stopscrews 6 e. In the one case the adjusting and securing screw (1 passes through the band or clip and engages the bar to hold the bracket in position, and in the other case the screw passes through the rear top portion of the bracket and engages the bar. In neither case is the hanger or bracket secured to the window-frame. It is one of the objects of my invention to avoid that.

I do not wish to limit myself to shape or material in the construction of my invention, and it is obvious that the bars may be bent to suit a bay-window and may be made to project from the uprights a and a at any angle made necessary by the shape of the windowcasing. The uprights (land a are secured by screws f to the wall or window-casing. It is also obvious that'the brackets may be made of any ornamental design desired without departing, from the scope of my invention. I employ the thumb-screws e to prevent the removal of the brackets from the bars Aand A and screw them in from the back of the bars before the uprights a' and a, are secured to the wall or window-casing; but any substitute may be used for the purpose that is suitable.

The ordinary hole and slot 0 and a may be employed for the reception of the pin-andspring winding end of a curtain-roller.

With this description of my invention, what I claim isa A combination-fixture for window shade and lace curtain, consisting of an upright on each side of the window, suitably secured to the window-casing, near the sash, short horizontal bars having free ends, the fixed ends being each secured to one of said uprights,

and extending from the sides of the windowand stop-screws in the back of said bars, near casing toward thecenter of the window,brackthe free ends thereof, to prevent the brackets ets fitted to slide on said short horizontal bars, from coming off the said bars, substantially one set of brackets constructed to support a as set forth.

5 shade-roller between the sides of the window- In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 casing, the other set of brackets projecting in presence of two Witnesses. into the room beyond the Wind0W-casing,'and JOHN TAMBOER. constructed to supporta curtain-po1e,-adjust- Witnesses: ing and securing screws adapted to pass CORNELIUS L. TAMBOER,

10 through said brackets and engage said bars, JOHN F. KERR. 

